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67B.030 Establishment and nature of department -- Duties of jailer and limited duties of sheriff vested in department.

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67B.030 Establishment and nature of department -- Duties of jailer and limited duties of sheriff vested in department. (1) A metropolitan correctional services department may be established or maintained by ordinance of a consolidated local government or by order of the fiscal court of <br>any county containing a city of the first class, in which the constitutional offices of <br>sheriff and jailer have been consolidated as provided in Section 105 of the <br>Constitution of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Said department shall, upon its <br>creation or maintenance, constitute a de jure department and division of the <br>consolidated local or county government, having and possessing all of the <br>enumerated powers, responsibilities, and duties hereinafter specifically set forth. (2) Upon the creation or maintenance of a metropolitan correctional services department by the consolidated local government or fiscal court of a county <br>containing a city of the first class, in which the constitutional offices of sheriff and <br>jailer have been consolidated pursuant to Section 105 of the Constitution of the <br>Commonwealth of Kentucky, all of the duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of the <br>sheriff and jailer as set forth and contained in the Kentucky Revised Statutes, with <br>reference to the operation and maintenance of the county jail and all county <br>correctional facilities shall immediately be vested in the department and thereupon <br>the sheriff and jailer shall have no further responsibility, duty, and liability for the <br>performance of said statutory duties on a personal basis; provided, however, that <br>said sheriff shall be required to annually inspect all county correctional facilities and <br>render reports as hereinafter provided. Effective: July 15, 2002 <br>History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 346, sec. 48, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 385, sec. 26, effective July 1, 1982. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 100, sec. 3.